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HSDPA Radio Network Planning

 HSDPA Network Planning
Key issues analysis

Input/Output/Process

HSDPA planning tool

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Key issues analysis

 Key features
 HSDPA doesn’t support soft handover, handover of both HS-DSCH and HS-SCCH
is hard handover, so there is no SHO gain in HSDPA link budget
 HS-DSCH doesn’t support power control, and then there is no power control
margin in HSDPA link budget
 HSDPA system capacity is mainly decided by allocation of channel code and power
resource, as well as radio propagation environment, for shared carrier between
R99/R4 and HSDPA

 More resource for HSDPA can improve data throughput but reduce the CS
load

 Allocation of code and power resource should be matched

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 HSDPA admission control

 The RNC will only admit a BE service mapped onto HS-DSCH when:
 The cell has HSDPA capability
 Total HSDPA user number within Node B ≤ MaxHspdaUsersPerNodeB
 Total HSDPA user number within Cell ≤ MaxHspdaUsersPerCell
 Sum of the Maximum Bit Rate of all RABs ≤ threshold RMAX,thd
 For STREAMING service, more conditions should be fulfilled:
 Sum of the Guaranteed Bit Rate of all Streaming RABs ≤ RGBR,thd
 HS-DSCH Required Power ≤ PGBR,power,thd (common measurement)

Yes Admitted
RAB QoS from UE QoS could
be
satisfied ? No Rejected
Measurement from Node B
RNC

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 DL load issue
 Total DL load can be higher than R99/R4 because of no power control for HS-
DSCH and dynamic power allocation in NodeB
Power

TOC
Total Threshold
Power for HSDPA
R99/R4 Threshold

Power for DPCH

Power for CCH

Time
Note: A margin is needed by the dynamic power allocation in NodeB, otherwise
DCH TPC Command will not be responded in time. (2~3 slots delay in the worst
case.)

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 DL load issue (continued)

 DL load increasing => Noise rise  => CPICH , DCH 

1    f  DL  Pmax
NoiseRise  1 
No  NF  CL

DL load increasing from 75% to 90% => Noise rise  0.5dB

Power allocation change when DL load increasing from 75% to 90%

Total DL load 75% 90%

CCH 20% 22.4%

DPCH 30% 33.6%

HSDPA 25% 34%

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Key issues analysis

 Influence on R99/R4 DL coverage and capacity by sharing carrier

between R99/R4 and HSDPA

 In the case that total DL load is not changed

 R99/R4 coverage is not influenced
 Capacity is improved because of the improved HSDPA bear
efficiency

 In the case that total DL load is increased

 Power for CCH and DCH should be increased to assure that
coverage is not influenced
 Capacity is improved because of increased DL load and
improved bear efficiency of HSDPA

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Key issues analysis
 Influence on R99/R4 network KPI by
sharing carrier between R99/R4 and
HSDPA
Basic assumption:
 High user density and admission
threshold
 50% data user and 50% voice user
Conclusion:
Sector’s total DL Tx power will
be smoother after HSDPA imported,
so better service quality can be
provided under the condition that
the same traffic model is assumed.

Sector’s total DL Tx power (%)

Average Throughput
Simulation result CDR
Lowest Highest Average (kbps)

DCH bear data services

75.5% 97.5% 87.6% 5.1％ 878

HS-DSCH bear data

services 76.3% 88.8% 81% 2.7％ 1110

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 Throughput comparison between R99/R4 and HSDPA

 Sites configuration
 User-action assumption
CH Type PA3  All users on R99/R4 network are using
Site Configuration 3-Sector
PS128Kbps bearer, uniform distribution
 HSDPA users are also uniform
Dist. between 2 sites 1km
distribution
DL Cell Load 50%  HSDPA Setup
Common CH Power 20%  HSDPA adopts RR (Round Robin)
Traffic CH Power 30%
scheduler algorithm
HSDPA Codes No. 5

 Result
The throughput of HSDPA
Capacity Planning Result R99/R4 HSDPA
sector improved about 122%
Avg. Throughput per sector (Mbps) 0.9 2.0
compare with R99/R4 sector
On-line users at the same time 7 8.4

Avg. data rate per user (Kbps) 128 238

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 HSDPA Network Planning
Key issues analysis

Input/Output/Process

HSDPA planning tool

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 Input/Output/Process

 Two scenarios of HSDPA network planning:

 For those operators which have already constructed the R99/R4
networks, HSDPA network planning mainly considers how to update
from R99/R4 to HSDPA.
 The topology of existing network can not be broke, i.e. no need to
reselect sites location
 The coverage quality of existing network can not be changed

 For new 3G operators, HSDPA network planning mainly considers one

step to HSDPA solution.
 Study out the planning target carefully, especially the capacity
requirement of R99/R4 and HSDPA
 Setup the appropriate R99/R4 and HSDPA cooperation strategy

For different scenarios, the input, output and process

of network planning are different.

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 Input/Output/Process

 Update from R99/R4 to HSDPA

 Main inputs of network planning

 R99/R4 network configuration, including cell radius, cell loading,
CCH power setting etc.
 R99/R4 and HSDPA traffic model
 R99/R4 and HSDPA subscriber quantity and distribution
 Bear strategy between DCH and HS-DSCH

 Main outputs of network planning

 Power and code allocation for HSDPA
 Supported HSDPA system throughput, cell border throughput,
average user throughput
 Decide if 2nd carrier or micro cell is necessary to be constructed in
order to solve capacity problems

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 Update from R99/R4 to HSDPA (Continued)
 Process of network planning

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 Input/Output/Process

 One step to HSDPA

 Main inputs of network planning

 R99/R4 and HSDPA traffic model
 R99/R4 and HSDPA subscriber quantity and distribution
 Bear strategy between DCH and HS-DSCH
 R99/R4 Coverage target and requirement
 HSDPA cell border throughput requirement etc.

 Main outputs of network planning

 Cell radius and carrier number
 Power and code allocation between R99/R4 and HSDPA
 HSDPA system throughput, average user throughput etc.

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 One step to HSDPA (Continued)

 Process of network planning

Start
PS throughput Y
Link Budget (get radius of satisfied？
continuous coverage bearer）
N
DCH/HS-DSCH power allocation
HSDPA Power adjust
(Typical initial value)

CS traffic CS coverage and capacity Output balanced cell radius

model iterative calculation (get radius) and HSDPA throughput etc.

PS traffic
HSDPA Capacity estimate END
model

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 HSDPA Network Planning
Key issues analysis

Input/Output/Process

HSDPA planning tool

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 HSDPA planning tool

HSDPA link budget Flow

R99 UL Link budget

UL PL

DL Link Budget HSDPA Power Allocation

EcNo@Cell Edge
Simulation

Cell Edge Throughput

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Simulation Result: EcNo vs Throughput (TU 3 Channel Model )

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HSDPA link budget tool Function

R99 UL Coverage => Cell Edge Throughput

 Cell Radius => Cell Edge Throughput

Cell Edge Throughput => Cell Radius

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 HSDPA planning tool

Link budget main panel

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Link budget main panel (continued)

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HSDPA Link Budget Output

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 HSDPA capacity dimension tool introduction

WCDMA bear allocation

HSDPA bear mostly PS traffic
R99 bear CS and low speed PS traffic

 HSDPA power allocation

Total TX Power of DL include: common channel power,
R99 DCH power and HSDPA power

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 HSDPA planning tool
Input and output of HSDPA capacity dimension tool

Input condition Output of HSDPA capacity

Requirement of total load estimating
HSDPA power can allocate Average throughput rate of HSDPA in
sector edge
Requirement of single CS users Erlang
Average throughput rate of HSDPA
HSDPA code resource users in sector
Throughput of average single PS users
Output of R99 capacity
Requirement of PS users proportion (R99 and estimating
HSDPA)
Average number of connecting voice
Scenarios of HSDPA capacity estimating
and VP users in sector
Requirement of radio propagation model
Average throughput rate of R99 PS
users in sector
Average number of R99 PS users

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 HSDPA planning tool

HSDPA capacity dimension case: Input

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 HSDPA planning tool

HSDPA capacity dimension case: Output

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 HSDPA planning tool

 Simulation Tools
 At present, there is no network planning tool supporting HSDPA simulation yet
 Huawei’s network planning platform (GENEX U-Net) plans to issue the HSDPA version at the
end of 2005

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